Debra Zumwalt to Join Huron Consulting Group’s Board of Directors

October 21, 2014 07:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of
business consulting services, today announced that Debra Zumwalt, vice
president and general counsel for Stanford University, has been
appointed to Huron’s board
of directors and will serve as its eighth member.

“We are pleased to welcome Debra to Huron’s board,” said John
McCartney, non-executive chairman of the Huron board. “Debra’s
extensive background in managing the legal and business issues affecting
higher education, academic medical centers, and the office of the
general counsel will add an important perspective to the board. She also
has a passion for innovation and collaboration, which fits very well
with Huron’s culture.”

Zumwalt has served as the vice president and general counsel for
Stanford University since 2001, and is a member of the University
Cabinet responsible for the legal and strategic advice to the boards of
the University, Stanford Health Care (formerly Stanford Hospital &
Clinics), Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, and Stanford
Management Company.

During her career, Zumwalt was a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw
Pittman LLP from 1993-2001. She specialized in complex civil litigation
and higher education law. She was the managing partner of the Silicon
Valley office and a member of the firm's governing board. Between 1987
and 1993, Zumwalt was a senior university counsel at Stanford. Prior to
that, she worked as litigation counsel for Chevron Chemical Company.

Zumwalt received her J.D. from Stanford Law School. She is on the board
of the American University of Afghanistan and the Academy of Art
University. Zumwalt also serves as a member of the board of directors of
Exponent Inc., an engineering and scientific consulting company.

About Huron Consulting Group

Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve
performance, transform the enterprise, reduce costs, leverage
technology, process and review large amounts of complex data, address
regulatory changes, recover from distress and stimulate growth. Our
professionals employ their expertise in finance, operations, strategy
and technology to provide our clients with specialized analyses and
customized advice and solutions that are tailored to address each
client's particular challenges and opportunities to deliver sustainable
and measurable results. The Company provides consulting services to a
wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations,
including healthcare organizations, leading academic institutions,
Fortune 500 companies, governmental entities and law firms. Huron has
worked with more than 425 health systems, hospitals, and academic
medical centers; more than 400 corporate general counsel; and more than
350 universities and research institutions. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.

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